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Clutch Canada

Senior Backend Engineer (AI-First)

Clutch Canada, San Francisco, California, United States, 94199

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Overview The Revi Mission

Brick and mortar is not dead but drastically changing, and Revi is leading that change into the future. Revi offers businesses an in-store digital platform that allows businesses to build long-lasting relationships with their customers and allows consumers to interact with any business they walk into digitally. Our product is a beautifully designed in-store self-ordering system where consumers can buy, pay, get rewards, and much more. The data collected is leveraged to improve the ordering experience and attract new consumers. With a fresh round of Series A funding from top Silicon Valley seed investors, we are ready to pursue a multi-billion dollar opportunity.

It’s an excellent time to join because you’ll be joining a collaborative, in-person team at a pivotal moment in our company’s growth. We’re laying the foundation for massive scale, and this role will shape the future of our core backend infrastructure to power products across consumer and partner experiences.

The Revi Role We’re looking for a seasoned and forward-thinking

Senior Backend Engineer

to design and build scalable backend services that power Revi’s core applications. You’ll own API development, distributed systems, and database design while collaborating closely with Product and Frontend teams. You’ll bring an

AI-first mindset , leveraging AI coding and testing tools to accelerate development, improve test coverage, and ship with higher quality.

What You’ll Do

Design, build, and maintain scalable backend services, RESTful APIs, and microservices in Python using Django (including Django Admin) and FastAPI

Optimize performance across distributed systems and relational databases (MySQL and PostgreSQL)

Lead backend architecture for critical roadmap initiatives, including AI-assisted tooling, payments, and reporting

Ensure reliability, maintainability, and observability across backend systems

Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Design, and Frontend teams to deliver features end-to-end

Champion AI-driven coding practices, using tools for code generation, test automation, and faster prototyping

Drive CI/CD best practices, test coverage, and deployment quality across environments

Guide infrastructure evolution on AWS (ECS/Fargate, RDS, S3, CloudWatch, etc.)

Mentor junior engineers, review code, and help set strong technical standards

What You’ll Bring

4–6 years of backend engineering experience, ideally in a startup or high-growth environment

Deep expertise in Python with strong knowledge of Django

Hands-on experience building APIs, event-driven systems, and services at scale

Proficiency in SQL database design, and query optimization

Strong working knowledge of AWS services (compute, storage, monitoring)

Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, Docker, and infrastructure-as-code

Comfort using AI coding assistants (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Claude, ChatGPT) as development companions

Strong product sense and ability to navigate ambiguity with pragmatism

Excellent written and verbal communication; collaborative, team-first mindset

Bonus Points For

Experience with payment systems (Stripe) and other third-party integrations (e.g., Kitchen Hub, Otter, 7Shifts)

Familiarity with observability stacks like Datadog, Sentry, or Prometheus/Grafana

Contributions to open-source projects or experience mentoring junior engineers

DevOps experience with AWS and cloud-native systems

Our Values

Heart: A team that is passionate about what they do, with a heart of giving back

Impact: Drives backend innovation that directly enables Revi’s platform scale

Conscientious: Writes clean, scalable, and maintainable code that holds up at scale

Excellence: A commitment to quality, testing, and thoughtful architecture

Perks And Benefits Of Joining The Revi Team

Equity package

Competitive salary + bonus

Professional development opportunities

Excellent and comprehensive health plans (Medical, dental, vision, etc)

Flexible Vacation Policy, Paid holidays

Organized volunteer events to give back to our community

Off-sites, events, and happy hours

401(k)

Thanks for applying to Revi! We’re excited to meet builders who care about quality, scale, and innovation.

If your experience aligns with the role, a member of our team will reach out to set up next steps. In the meantime, you can explore our work at www.getrevi.com and follow us on LinkedIn.

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